IT’S HARD TO BE No. 1 when you’re only 5th in the World Championships, but Orlando Ortega managed it. Of course, the Cuban-turned-Spaniard almost surely would have finished higher had he not been whacked by Omar McLeod late in the race, an obstruction charge which led to the IAAF’s giving Ortega a bronze anyway. We don’t buy the “sympathy medal” argument, but Ortega nonetheless gets our top spot…
ORTEGA CAPTURED 3 DL WINS, including the Brussels Final, and didn’t have a losing record against any of the other contenders, so gets the top spot ahead of world champ Grant Holloway and reigning No. 1 Sergey Shubenkov, who went 1–2 in Doha…
THE YEAR’S BEST SEQUENCE of times went to USATF champ Daniel Roberts, who blew up in his WC heat. But in addition to being overall fast, he was 3–1 against SEC rival Holloway in head-to-head meetings and so earns the No. 4 position.
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| 1. ORLANDO ORTEGA (Spain) (7/29/91, 6-¾/154) (1.85/70) | |||||
| 13.28 | … | 4)Shanghai DL | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. McLeod; 2. Xie; 3. Shubenkov |
| 13.27 | … | 1)Nanjing IWC | 5/21 | ||
| 14.00 | … | 9)Rome DL | 6/06 | ▷ | 1. Shubenkov; 2. Pozzi; 3. Alkana; 4. Constantino; 4. Trajkovic; 6. Manga; 7. Perini; 8. Cabral |
| 13.27 | … | 1)Hengelo | 6/09 | ||
| 13.32 | … | 1)adidas Boost | 6/16 | ||
| 13.24 | … | 1)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ||
| 13.05 | … | 1)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ||
| 13.38 | … | 1)Euro Teams | 8/11 | ||
| (13.39h) | |||||
| 13.14 | … | 2)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Roberts |
| 13.32 | … | 1)Madrid | 8/25 | ||
| 13.33 | … | 1)Spa Ch | 9/01 | ||
| (13.71h) | |||||
| 13.22 | … | 1)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ||
| 13.21 | … | 1)US vs Europe | 9/10 | ||
| 13.30 | … | 5)World Ch | 10/02 | ▷ | 1. Holloway; 2. Shubenkov; 3. Martinot-Lagarde; 4. Xie |
| (13.15h, 13.16sf) | |||||
| 2. GRANT HOLLOWAY (US) (11/19/97, 6-2/181) (1.88/82) | |||||
| 13.28 | … | 1)Florida R | 3/30 | ||
| 13.25 | … | 1)Jones Mem | 4/27 | ||
| (13.34h) | |||||
| 13.12 | … | 2)SEC | 5/11 | ▷ | 1. Roberts |
| (13.07h) | |||||
| 12.98 | … | 1)NCAA | 6/07 | ||
| (13.19h, 13.10qf, 13.16sf) | |||||
| 13.16 | … | 1)Gyulai Mem | 7/09 | ||
| 13.36 | … | 2)USATF | 7/28 | ▷ | 1. Roberts |
| (13.56h, 13.56sf) | |||||
| 13.25 | … | 6)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Roberts; 2. Ortega; 3. Crittenden; 4. Levy; 5. Martinot-Lagarde |
| 13.10 | … | 1)World Ch | 10/02 | ||
| (13.22h, 13.10sf) | |||||
| 3. SERGEY SHUBENKOV (Russia) (10/04/90, 6-2¾/165) (1.90/75) | |||||
| 13.28 | … | 3)Shanghai DL | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. McLeod; 2. Xie |
| 13.37 | … | 4)Nanjing IWC | 5/21 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. McLeod; 3. Crittenden |
| 13.26 | … | 1)Rome DL | 6/06 | ||
| 13.12 | … | 1)Rabat DL | 6/16 | ||
| 13.88 | … | 8)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Roberts; 2. Ortega; 3. Crittenden; 4. Levy; 5. Martinot-Lagarde; 6. Holloway; 7. Xie |
| 13.54 | … | 3)Zagreb IWC | 9/03 | ▷ | 1. Brathwaite; 2. Alkana |
| 13.33 | … | 3)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. Levy |
| 13.39 | … | 2)US vs Europe | 9/10 | ▷ | 1. Ortega |
| 13.15 | … | 2)World Ch | 10/02 | ▷ | 1. Holloway |
| (13.27h, 13.18sf) | |||||
| 13.40 | … | 1)CISM | 10/23 | ||
| (13.51h) | |||||
| 4. DANIEL ROBERTS (US) (4/13/98, 6-0/162) (1.83/73) | |||||
| 13.30 | … | 2)Florida R | 3/30 | ▷ | 1. Holloway |
| 13.34w | … | 1)Tennessee R | 4/12 | ||
| 13.82 | … | 1)Kentucky Inv | 4/20 | ||
| 13.28w | … | 1)Drake R | 4/27 | ||
| 13.07 | … | 1)SEC | 5/11 | ||
| (13.31h) | |||||
| 13.00 | … | 2)NCAA | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Holloway |
| (13.67h, 13.13qf, 13.06sf) | |||||
| 13.11 | … | 2)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Ortega |
| 13.23 | … | 1)USATF | 7/28 | ||
| (13.40h, 13.30sf) | |||||
| 13.48 | … | 4)Birmingham DL | 8/18 | ▷ | 1. McLeod; 2. Crittenden; 3. Xie |
| 13.08 | … | 1)Paris DL | 8/24 | ||
| dq-h | … | –)World Ch | 9/30 | ▷ | 1. Martinot-Lagarde; 2. Pozzi; 3. Riley; 4. Chaverra; 5. de Vries |
| 5. OMAR MCLEOD (Jamaica) (4/25/94, 5-10¾/161) (1.80/73) | |||||
| 13.29 | … | 1)Coral Gables | 4/13 | ||
| 13.29w | … | 2)Drake R | 4/27 | ▷ | 1. Roberts; 1. Brown |
| 13.12 | … | 1)Shanghai DL | 5/18 | ||
| 13.28 | … | 2)Nanjing IWC | 5/21 | ▷ | 1. Ortega |
| 13.48 | … | 5)Rabat DL | 6/16 | ▷ | 1. Shubenkov; 2. Pozzi; 3. Constantino; 4. Belocian |
| 13.29 | … | 3)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. Belocian |
| 13.32 | … | 3)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Xie; 2. Belocian |
| 13.21 | … | 1)Birmingham DL | 8/18 | ||
| 13.07 | … | 1)Berlin IWC | 9/01 | ||
| dq | … | –)World Ch | 10/02 | ▷ | 1. Holloway; 2. Shubenkov; 3. Martinot-Lagarde; 4. Xie; 5. Ortega; 6. Brathwaite; 7. Allen; 8. Trajkovic |
| (13.17h, 13.08sf) | |||||
| 6. PASCAL MARTINOT-LAGARDE (France) (9/22/91, 6-2¾/176) (1.90/80) | |||||
| 13.34 | … | 6)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. Roberts; 3. Levy; 4. Pozzi; 5. Xie |
| 13.54 | … | 6)Gyulai Mem | 7/09 | ▷ | 1. Holloway; 2. Constantino; 3. Pozzi; 4. Allen; 5. Crittenden |
| 13.49 | … | 4)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Xie; 2. Belocian; 3. McLeod |
| 13.41w | … | 2)Fr Ch | 7/28 | ▷ | 1. Belocian |
| (13.45wsf) | |||||
| 13.46 | … | 2)Euro Teams | 8/11 | ▷ | 1. Ortega |
| (13.39h) | |||||
| 13.24 | … | 5)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Roberts; 2. Ortega; 3. Crittenden; 4. Levy |
| 13.51 | … | 1)Zürich DL | 8/29 | ||
| 13.25 | … | 2)Berlin IWC | 9/01 | ▷ | 1. McLeod |
| 13.18 | … | 3)World Ch | 10/02 | ▷ | 1. Holloway; 2. Shubenkov |
| (13.45h, 13.12sf) | |||||
| 7. RONALD LEVY (Jamaica) (10/30/92, 5-11¼/161) (1.81/73) | |||||
| 13.72 | … | 1)Kingston | 5/03 | ||
| 13.33 | … | 1)Kingston | 6/08 | ||
| 13.23 | … | 1)Jam Ch | 6/23 | ||
| (13.66h) | |||||
| 13.30 | … | 4)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. Belocian; 3. McLeod |
| 13.25 | … | 3)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. Roberts |
| 13.60 | … | 7)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Xie; 2. Belocian; 3. McLeod; 4. Martinot-Lagarde; 5. Alkana; 6. Pozzi |
| 13.22 | … | 4)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Roberts; 2. Ortega; 3. Crittenden |
| 14.24 | … | 9)Berlin IWC | 9/01 | ▷ | 1. McLeod; 2. Martinot-Lagarde; 3. Brathwaite; 4. Crittenden; 5. Trajkovic; 6. Traber; 7. Alkana; 8. Bennett |
| 13.31 | … | 2)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Ortega |
| 13.60 | … | 7sf)World Ch | 10/02 | ▷ | 1. Holloway; 2. Shubenkov |
| (13.48h) | |||||
| 8. WENJUN XIE (China) (7/11/90, 6-2/170) (1.88/77) | |||||
| 13.57 | … | 1)Tempe | 3/23 | ||
| 13.46 | … | 1)Sun Angel Cl | 4/06 | ||
| 13.21 | … | 1)Asian Ch | 4/24 | ||
| (13.47h) | |||||
| 13.17 | … | 2)Shanghai DL | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. McLeod |
| 13.36 | … | 6)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. Belocian; 3. McLeod; 4. Levy; 5. Allen |
| 13.29 | … | 5)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. Roberts; 3. Levy; 4. Pozzi |
| 13.45 | … | 1)Lucerne | 7/09 | ||
| 13.28 | … | 1)London DL | 7/21 | ||
| 13.43 | … | 1)Chn Tr | 8/02 | ||
| 13.43 | … | 3)Birmingham DL | 8/18 | ▷ | 1. McLeod; 2. Crittenden |
| 13.46 | … | 7)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Roberts; 2. Ortega; 3. Crittenden; 4. Levy; 5. Martinot-Lagarde; 6. Holloway |
| 13.49 | … | 5)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. Levy; 3. Shubenkov; 4. Crittenden |
| 13.29 | … | 4)World Ch | 10/02 | ▷ | 1. Holloway; 2. Shubenkov; 3. Martinot-Lagarde |
| (13.38h, 13.22sf) | |||||
| 9. WILHEM BELOCIAN (France) (6/22/95, 5-10/172) (1.78/78) | |||||
| 13.35 | … | 1)Baie-Mahault | 5/18 | ||
| 13.52 | … | 1)Montreuil | 6/11 | ||
| 13.43 | … | 4)Rabat DL | 6/16 | ▷ | 1. Shubenkov; 2. Pozzi; 3. Constantino |
| 13.28 | … | 1)Tomblaine | 6/22 | ||
| 13.29 | … | 2)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Ortega |
| 13.30 | … | 2)WUG | 7/12 | ▷ | 1. Constantino |
| (13.57h, 13.47sf) | |||||
| 13.28 | … | 2)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Xie |
| 13.14w | … | 1)Fr Ch | 7/28 | ||
| (13.29sf) | |||||
| 13.60 | … | 7sf)World Ch | 10/02 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. Trajkovic |
| (13.67h) | |||||
| 10. FREDDIE CRITTENDEN (US) (8/03/94, 6-0/161) (1.83/73) | |||||
| 13.55w | … | 3)Drake R | 4/27 | ▷ | 1. Roberts; 1. Brown; 2. Wilt; 2. McLeod |
| 13.38 | … | 1)Osaka | 5/06 | ||
| (13.49h) | |||||
| 13.36 | … | 5)Shanghai DL | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. McLeod; 2. Xie; 3. Shubenkov; 4. Ortega |
| 13.37 | … | 3)Nanjing IWC | 5/21 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. McLeod |
| 13.38 | … | 7)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. Belocian; 3. McLeod; 4. Levy; 5. Allen; 6. Xie |
| 13.47 | … | 5)Gyulai Mem | 7/09 | ▷ | 1. Holloway; 2. Constantino; 3. Pozzi; 4. Allen |
| 13.42w | … | 1)Padua | 7/16 | ||
| 13.39 | … | 4)USATF | 7/28 | ▷ | 1. Roberts; 2. Holloway; 3. Allen |
| (13.49h, 13.31sf) | |||||
| 13.32 | … | 2)Pan-Am G | 8/10 | ▷ | 1. Brathwaite |
| (13.53h) | |||||
| 13.31 | … | 2)Birmingham DL | 8/18 | ▷ | 1. McLeod |
| 13.17 | … | 3)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Roberts; 2. Ortega |
| 13.38 | … | 4)Berlin IWC | 9/01 | ▷ | 1. McLeod; 2. Martinot-Lagarde; 3. Brathwaite |
| 13.35 | … | 4)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. Levy; 3. Shubenkov |
| 13.43 | … | 3)US vs Europe | 9/10 | ▷ | 1. Ortega; 2. Shubenkov |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | *Grant Holloway (Florida) | 6. | Dashaun Jackson (St Francis) | |
| 1)NCAA, 2)USATF, 1)World Ch | 1)NE Conference, 4)NCAA, 3)NACAC U23 | |||
| 2. | *Daniel Roberts (Kentucky) | 7. | Michael Dickson (North Carolina A&T) | |
| 2)NCAA, 1)USATF, 1)Paris DL | 6)NCAA, 5)USATF, 3)Bellinzona | |||
| 3. | *Freddie Crittenden (unattached) | 8. | Jarret Eaton (unattached) | |
| 4)USATF, 2)Birmingham DL, 4)Brussels DL | 2)Chorzów, 5)Lucerne, 6)USATF | |||
| 4. | Devon Allen (Nike) | 9. | Aaron Mallett (adidas) | |
| 5)Stanford DL, 3)USATF, 7)World Ch | 3)adidas Boost, 1)Bush, 7)USATF | |||
| 5. | Isaiah Moore (South Carolina) | 10. | Caleb Parker (Southern Mississippi) | |
| 3)SEC, 3)NCAA, 8sf)USATF | 1)Auburn, 1)Conf-USA, 5)NCAA | |||
